7 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2018/2167(DEC)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Parliament's administration to provide an overview of the 2017 appointments of high-officials; and encourages the Secretary-General to initiate additional measures to improve the transparency of and equality during appointment procedures at the European Parliament, taking into account the findings and recommendations of the European Ombudsman in joint cases 488/2018/KR and 514/2018/KR;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Takes note of the Bureau’s decision with regard to the General Expenditure Allowance to apply the agreed modifications only after the 2019 elections; takes note of the activities of the Bureau in relation to the General Expenditure Allowance, in particular by creating an ad hoc working group for defining and publishing the rules concerning the use of this allowance; regrets, however, that the only decision taken by the Bureau relates to a non-exhaustive list of eligible expenses which will, moreover, only apply to the newly elected Members after the 2019 elections;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68a. Furthermore, regrets that the Bureau did not implement the additional proposals that were adopted by the plenary in its resolution on the Discharge 2016 (P8_TA(2018)0124), and its resolution on the General budget of the EU for 2019 (P8_TA(2018)0404), namely: – the need to define, expand and publish the rules concerning the use of the GEA (which requires, inter alia, an exhaustive list of eligible expenses); – that all receipts pertaining to the GEA be kept by Members; – that the unspent share of the GEA be returned at the end of a Member’s mandate;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 b (new)
Paragraph 68 b (new)
68b. Calls in addition on the Bureau to make the following, additional changes concerning the GEA on top of those already adopted by the plenary: – A 5% sample checks of the GEA spending by the European Parliament's internal auditing; the final results and the findings should be part of the annual internal audit report published by the European Parliament; – The need for Members to publish, on an annual basis, an overview of their expenditures by category (communication costs, office rental, office supplies ...); – The admission of an independent auditor in charge of the annual check of the accounts and the publication of an auditor’s opinion;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72a. Calls on the Secretary-General to investigate the legal foundations and potential ramifications of the Voluntary Pension Fund and in particular, whether the European Parliament as guarantor is legally and financially sustainable, as the Voluntary Pension Fund is a Luxembourg investment fund, rather than a regular pension fund; underlines that this investigation should be carried out by an independent party;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Commends the Parliament’s commitment to green public procurement; notes that in 2017, 40,71 % of the contracts were classified as green, 10,96 % as light green and 48,33 % did not have any environmental dimension; encourages the Parliament to further increase the proportion of green public procurement commitments;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 a (new)
Paragraph 84 a (new)
84a. Welcomes, in the context of the energy and climate policy of the Union for 2030 and beyond, additional measures to decrease the emissions and offset unavoidable emissions in order to become 100 % carbon neutral institution; calls on the Parliament to lead by example and develop further CO2 offsetting policies for the European Parliament's premises;